<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I concur. I complained vociferously a few years ago, when MapQuest [fortunately, briefly] discontinued my two favorite functions, "shortest distance" and "avoid highways [sic]." <br><br>John E.<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Trevor Bourget <trevorspoke@cox.net><br>To: Serge Issakov <serge@issakov.org>; John Eldon <j.eldon@sbcglobal.net><br>Cc: sdcbc@bikesandiego.org<br>Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2007 7:00:58 AM<br>Subject: Re: [SDCBC] MapQuest aerial view function<br><br>
At 09:02 AM 1/31/2007, Serge Issakov wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Thanks. I didn't realize
mapquest added this future. I stopped using it a year or two
ago.<br>
The satellite view at
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://maps.google.com">maps.google.com</a> does the same.<br>
The hybrid mode allows you to overlay the map on the satellite view.
<br><br>
Anyone use both and prefer one over the other for any
reason?</blockquote><br>
I like MapQuest's ability to discard freeways from its consideration of
best/shortest/fastest route. The resulting trip proposed for a motorist
is almost always the one I'd choose to bike.<br>
-- Trevor</div></div></div></body></html>